Josh Duhamel Told Us About His Transparent Underwear at Last Night’s AmfAR Gala

“I was just given this beautiful pair of see-through-in-the-ass, rainbow-stripe-in-the-front underwear from Marco Marco,” Josh Duhamel said at amfAR’s Inspiration Gala, an event to raise money for AIDS research, in New York on Tuesday. “I’m not sure if [Marco Marco] was serious or joking, but I’m going to break them out at some point,” Duhamel added. “Well, my husband looks good in everything,” his wife, Fergie, told us with a shrug.

We bet. But Duhamel said that one thing he can’t pull off is a kilt. “My legs are too skinny.” We were discussing men’s clothing because the gala featured a fashion show, and the theme this year was prints. The show included men’s looks from Ralph Lauren, Alexander McQueen, Rick Owens, Thom Browne, Lanvin, Marc Jacobs, and Calvin Klein, one of the evening’s honorees.

The label’s women’s designer, Francisco Costa, also snuck in some looks: each female model was perfectly accessorized with a shirtless man, the band of his Calvin Klein undies visible above his jeans.

“Prints are kind of on trend right now,” amfAR chairman Kenneth Cole said, explaining the fashion show’s theme. “How do you take black tie and make it interesting? Because typically black-tie guys used to dress like each other, for years and years, so how do you offer creative license for people to be individual, and express themselves uniquely? So that’s what tonight does.”

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Sarah Jessica Parker presented an award to HBO’s president of programming, Michael Lombardo.“HBO just did The Normal Heart,” Cole said. “They did my film, The Battle of Amfar, last year, and they underwrote it, and they do all this great H.I.V. programming, they have over the years, so it’s a tribute to be able to thank them.”

HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, another honoree, became emotional when accepting her award from her friend, Franca Sozzani.

Matt Bomer and Fergie presented Costa and Italo Zucchelli, Calvin Klein’s designers, with their awards. Bomer told us that he couldn’t pull off the looks that we’d seen on the runway. “I just bought a Dries Van Noten button-down short-sleeve shirt that’s got a floral print. That’s, I guess, pretty bold for me,” he said. “It might not be bold for some people, but it’s bold for me.” Bomer laughed when we asked if there’s anything he thinks men just shouldn’t wear. “I would say Birkenstocks, but my husband wore them on our first date, so it worked out in his favor.”

Auction items included a polar expedition, a trip to Rio de Janeiro for Carnival, and a Girls set visit. HBO matched $25,000 in donations during the evening, and other sponsors included Fiji Water and MAC. New Order’s performance at evening’s end got Zachary Quinto, Karolina Kurkova, Zac Posen, Alan Cumming, and Joseph Altuzarra on their feet.